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Miami Herald prize-winning journalist Fabiola Santiago tells the story of a woman who switches perfumes every time she changes lovers along her journey to heal from the loss of family and country.

An exuberant poet and historical archivist living in contemporary Miami, Marisol, like her adopted city, is a sensual free spirit. Reclaiming Paris is a paean to place and memory, lavished with humor, passion, and unforgettable characters.

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Fabiola Santiago is author of the debut novel “Reclaiming Paris,” a story set in contemporary Miami to the backdrop of the city’s Cuban culture and history. Published by Simon & Schuster and chosen for a Mariposa Award as Best First Book at the International Latino Book Awards of 2009, “Reclaiming Paris” was translated into Spanish and debuted this summer as “Siempre París.”

Born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1959, Fabiola grew up enamored of her family’s nostalgic stories and the memory of the softest sands and the bluest beach in the world, Varadero. Exiled to the United States in 1969 with her family on one of the historic Freedom Flights, Fabiola has been a writer and editor for The Miami Herald since 1980. Her award-winning stories and essays on arts, culture and identity have been published in several magazines and anthologies in the United States and abroad. She was the founding city editor and managing editor of the Spanish-language El Nuevo Herald from 1987 to 1993, and in 2001, shared in a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the federal government seizure of the child Elián González. A graduate of the University of Florida, Fabiola is The Miami Herald’s visual arts writer. Read more about her work at www.reclaimingparis.com and www.fabiolasantiago.com.